Nanoscale Phase Separation and Colossal Magnetoresistance : the Physics of Manganites and Related Compounds /

The study of the spontaneous formation of nanostructures in single crystals is rapidly developing into a dominant field of research in the subject area known as strongly correlated electrons. The structures appear to originate in the competition of phases. This book addresses nanoscale phase separat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dagotto, Elbio
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003.
Series:Springer series in solid-state sciences ; 136.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Why Manganites Are Interesting
  • 2. The Discovery of Manganites and the Colossal Magnetoresistance Effect
  • 3. Phase Diagrams and Basic Properties of Manganites
  • 4. Preliminary Theoretical Considerations
  • 5. Models for Manganites
  • 6. The One-Orbital Model: Phase Diagram and Dominant Correlations
  • 7. Monte Carlo Simulations and Applications to Manganite Models
  • 8. Mean-Field Approximations
  • 9. Two Orbitals Model and Orbital Order
  • 10. Charge Ordering
  • 11. Inhomogeneities in Manganites
  • 12. Optical Conductivity
  • 13. Glassy Behavior and Time Dependent Phenomena
  • 14.-Inhomogeneities in La1-xSRxMnOx
  • 15
  • Inhomogeneities in Layered Manganites
  • 16. An Elementary Introduction to Percolation
  • 17. Competition of Phases as the Origin of the CMR
  • 18. Pseudogaps and Photoemission Experiments
  • 19. Charge Ordered Nanoclusters above TC
  • 20. Other Compounds with Large MR and/or Competing FM-AF Phases
  • 21. Brief Introduction to Giant Magnetoresistance
  • 22. Discussion and Open Questions.